Arts briefs

April 16, 2006

Student wins contest

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Eight young artists have been selected as winners in the West Virginia Division of Culture and History's annual Youth Art Month Exhibition. Winners were chosen by Charleston photographic artist Bruce Haley.

The Youth Art Month Exhibition, displaying works by 67 West Virginia students, is on display through Monday, April 24, in the Balcony Gallery of the Cultural Center, State Capitol Complex in Charleston.

Kelsey Hayden, a second-grader at Page Jackson Elementary School in Jefferson County, W.Va., was a winner and also received the judge's special recognition award.

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Other Jefferson County student artists with artwork in the exhibit are North Jefferson Elementary School fourth-grader Jessica Babcock and Jefferson High School seniors Caitlin Beans and Leigh Cassell.